The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.

Quote by Ruth Gordon

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If I don't make it today, I'll come in tomorrow.

If I don't make it today, I'll come in tomorrow.

To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up....

To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up....

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

Why? Because I believe I will. If you believe, then you hang on. If you...

Why? Because I believe I will. If you believe, then you hang on. If you...

So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable...

So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable...

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the...

The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the...

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one...

Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one...

Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.

Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.

To be somebody you must last.

To be somebody you must last.

Courage is like a muscle strenghthened by its use.

Courage is like a muscle strenghthened by its use.

Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I...

Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books...

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books...

Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety...

Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

He is running not for election but for the history books.

He is running not for election but for the history books.

The world's a book, writ by the eternal art - Of the great author printed...

The world's a book, writ by the eternal art - Of the great author printed...